Myrmica obsoleta

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Myrmica obsoleta
Temporal range: Serravallian, Miocene Parschlug, Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: M. obsoleta
Binomial name
Myrmica obsoleta
Heer, 1849

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Parschlug, Austria (Serravallian, Miocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • obsoleta. †Myrmica obsoleta Heer, 1849: 160, pl. 13, fig. 3 (q.) SWITZERLAND (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 160.] Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Myrmica: Radchenko, Dlussky & Elmes, 2007: 1494.

Description

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